Alan Taylor (NHC Fellow, 1993–94)

Project Title

William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Early American Frontier

Boston University

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Fellowship Work Summary, 1993–94

Alan Taylor completed five chapters of his book, William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Early American Frontier, under contract with Alfred A. Knopf. His public lecture at the National Humanities Center appeared under the title "The Creation of Cooper's Town: In Fact and In Fiction" in the Winter 1994 issue of the Center's journal Ideas.

American Republics: 1783–1850

William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic

America and the Six Nations: Native Americans after the Revolution

America, the Creeks, and Other Southeastern Tribes

Your Revolution and Mine: Native Americans, African Americans and the War for Independence

Alan Taylor, “Educating Citizens and Reforming Generations”